The next step in the legal brouhaha between the online behemoth PokerStars and former “November Niner” and poker professional Gordon Vayo is approaching a major point. A hearing is scheduled for the near future that could have an effect on whether the case is even heard in a courtroom or not. Don’t Want to Pay… Read more »
While most eyes in Washington D. C. and across the country were focused on another hearing, the House Judiciary Committee held a meeting on Thursday focusing on the issue of sports betting. The discussion between the Representatives and individuals both for and against the regulation of sports betting by the individual states under intense scrutiny.… Read more »
When I was a background extra in a movie a couple years ago (1 – sick brag! 2 – Melissa McCarthy’s Life of the Party – look for me as a groomsman in a wedding scene!), a fellow extra was for some reason fascinated by what I do for a living and was very interested… Read more »
Tony Ruberto came inches away from a World Poker Tour title in August (does that even make sense?), finishing fourth in the WPT Choctaw Main Event. There are people in this world who have made a final table in a major event, only to neve return, so you never know what’s going to happen. Like… Read more »
Look, I won’t begin to pretend to know how to properly secure an online poker site. I used to be an IT consultant, but that was ages ago and I was not involved at all in network security. So far be it for me to criticize, but man, these Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks… Read more »
The six-handed final table has been set at the 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event (can we just call it WPT Maryland?) after 548 players have been sent to the rail. Leading the way in tight race going into Tuesday’s action is Will Givens with 6.215 million chips. Givens is… Read more »
Just 32 players are still alive at the 2018 World Poker Tour (WPT) Maryland at Live! Casino Main Event (is that as awkward to say as it is to write?) as the tournament heads into Day 3. Andrew Crookston is the chip leader with 1.415 million chips, but it is a crowded house at the… Read more »
The battle in the online poker world for the wallets of players has been, for the most part, a one-sided battle. The behemoth PokerStars has ruled the roost since the days of “Black Friday” and there have been few challengers. One of the rooms that still caters to U. S. players, America’s Cardroom, has recently… Read more »
The World Poker Tour’s stop at Maryland Live! for their $3500 Main Event has brought out a decent field for battle. Saturday’s Day 1B saw a sizeable number of runners emerge – and Paul Chang take the top honors for the day’s play – but they will all be looking up at the overall leader… Read more »
It is often said in the world of poker that you only have your “good name” to serve as your calling card. Your “good name” can serve to aid you in getting into a game, being vouched for by other poker players and gamblers and, in essence, to get you deeper into the world of… Read more »
Defeating a table filled with local talent, Erkut Yilmaz was able to beat all comers to capture the championship of the World Poker Tour’s Borgata Poker Open on Friday night. Meanwhile, there’s no rest for the wicked as the WPT wagons had already headed south down I-95 to Maryland Live! for their next tournament. Yilmaz… Read more »
The World Poker Tour has packed up the trucks to close out the summer and few could have chosen a better location. The WPT has landed in Atlantic City, NJ, and, in particular, the Borgata, for the 2018 WPT Borgata Poker Open. Day 3 is now in the books with an East Coast grinder at… Read more »
Last week, Gamblit Gaming announced that it will soon launch a pair of poker “skill game” machines on casino floors, Deal or No Deal Poker and Deal or No Deal Poker Special. The games were first unveiled at the Global Gaming Expo eleven months ago and will go live later this year. A Game of… Read more »
Cheating and dishonesty are generally frowned upon in civilized society. I know that might be a blazing hot take, but I put it out there. This is why I have always found it bizarre that a solid percentage of people – a majority, maybe? – think it’s perfectly cool to try to get one over… Read more »
It was on to Day 2 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Borgata Poker Open Main Event on Tuesday as the 490 survivors from the two starting flights came together to continue their advance to the money. Just 142 remain after Day 2 with TK Miles leading the way, bagging 1.062 million chips at night’s… Read more »
The World Poker Tour is back on the east coast of the United States this week with the WPT Borgata Poker Open. The Main Event got going on Sunday with the first of two Day 1 flights. There were 917 total entries for the two flights combined, allowing the $3 million guarantee to be met… Read more »
“You can either run and hide or take a stand and I took a stand.” I am half the age of Denis O’Connor and I wish I was half the man he is. At 83-years old, O’Connor stopped an armed robbery at Bar One Racing, a bookmaker shop in Glanmire, Co Cork, Ireland. Calm in… Read more »
While they haven’t had the impact that they thought they might in the state of New Jersey with their poker product, The Stars Group isn’t shying away from their involvement in the state. On Friday, The Stars Group and their casino partner Resorts Casino Hotel announced that BetStars (the online sports betting operations for the… Read more »
The 2018 Poker Masters schedule has completed after a week of intense High Roller poker action. In the Main Event, David Peters was able to emerge as the champion after some changes had to be made to the proceedings, while the overall champion was determined early on in a battle of five men for the… Read more »
Everyone comes to poker in their own way. For myself, it was at the knee of my family, playing penny ante games of Seven Card Stud over the kitchen table. Some others, believe it or not, don’t come to the game until they are older. Many in the game today were drawn to poker the… Read more »
After putting his name on the High Roller map in capturing the previous event on the 2018 Poker Masters schedule, Ali Imsirovic has reinforced that status in going “back-to-back” and winning Event #6. In taking down the $50,000 No Limit Hold’em championship, Imsirovic has also put a stranglehold on the overall leaderboard, making it so… Read more »
The week of High Roller poker action in Las Vegas has been an entertaining one in that new players have come to the fore at the 2018 Poker Masters. One of those newcomers, Ali Imsirovic, was able to capture the championship of Event #5, but it was a player who had some earlier success, Brandon… Read more »
Just over a month ago, PokerStars debuted a new cash game called Unfold, saying that it was a permanent addition to the lineup. Not much more than a month later, and PokerStars has reversed course, deciding to ditch the unique game. According to pokerfuse, which routinely breaks the news of new, upcoming PokerStars games, Unfold… Read more »
Gordon Vayo will have to wait a bit longer to see if his legal action against PokerStars can proceed. In May, the poker pro and 2016 WSOP Main Event runner-up filed suit against PokerStars, or more specifically, Rational Entertainment Enterprises Limited (REEL), in the U.S. District Court Central District of California Western Division after the… Read more »
There is a chance that my job may have just gotten slightly more difficult, as TheHendonMob.com (THM), the most respected and used source for live poker tournament results, has begun allowing poker players to request that their records be deleted from the database. Alternatively, players can request their name be replaced with a nickname. THM… Read more »
